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“I have asked the Arabs to sell oil in other currencies.
If we don't use US dollars, the currency will become
useless.”
MAHATHIR MOHAMMAD
Former Malaysian prime minister
talking at a breakfast meeting organised by a local group.
He also said, "The same dollars we trade in are being used to develop and kill Muslims. If the US is poor it cannot dominate the world."

“As a mother, I will not influence him to join politics. If he joins he will do so in his own capacity. But it will (solely) depend on people's desire.”
SHEIKH HASINA
Awami League leader and mother of Joy.
In an interview with the Eastern News Agency, Shojib Wajed Joy, who now lives in the US, has already expressed his desire to join politics.

“THANKS MR SECRETARY, BUT STICK TO YOUR DAY JOB.”
The Sydney Morning Herald
in a headline
referring to US secretary of state Colin Powell's performance of the disco hit YMCA on the closing day of the Asean meeting in Djakarta.

“Even after so many operations, it seems, the extortionists are not afraid of us.”
EMDADUL HAQUE
chief of Rapid Action Battalion's Chittagong wing.

“Water has become an electoral issue in India and the river linking project a political agenda.”
MEDHA PATEKAR
Indian
environmental activist.
India has launched a river linking project that experts believe will adversely effect ecological balance and bio-diversity in both the countries.

QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN. Quotes can be sent to <[email protected]>
Cartoon : MUSTAFA ZAMAN

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